Category Archives: training

Ride Progression Enduro Skills Camp – Reschenpass

Posted on Saturday 4th March 2017 by Cait

Zürich based coaching company Ride Progression are putting on an Enduro Skills Camp in the awesome Reschenpass area of the Alps in June. Reschenpass boarders Switzerland, Austria and Italy and offers the chance to ride in 3 countries in one day … Continue reading →

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Surviving Winter

Posted on Friday 1st May 2015 by Cait

Winter turned out to be fairly short but pretty hardcore. For two months all the trails around Zürich were covered in snow with sub zero temperatures. Having survived a couple of winters here I’ve learnt its better to embrace the … Continue reading →

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Alpine Summer

Posted on Monday 18th August 2014 by Cait

Summer in Switzerland this year has been the wettest since weather recording began so when there is a good day you have to make the most of it. But when it’s good its pretty damn good! That was Davos in … Continue reading →

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Spanish Training Camp

Posted on Sunday 16th March 2014 by Cait

Despite the mild winter in Swissland this year there is only so much mud, bike cleaning and kit washing I can take. A week in the Alpujarras in southern Spain was the perfect solution. Epic climbs and even better technical … Continue reading →

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What Winter?

Posted on Monday 17th February 2014 by Cait

It turns out this year there was no need for psyching myself up for embracing snow sports in order to survive a freezing cold snowy Swiss winter, winter has been cancelled. Before Christmas it was cold and snowy but since … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on Sunday 12th January 2014 by Cait

A belated happy new year / gutes neues Jahr! I thought I was escaping the cold Swiss winter with two weeks in Yorkshire and Scotland over the Christmas break. I was wrong. Scotland is the most cold, wet and windy … Continue reading →

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‘real’ Winter

Posted on Monday 16th December 2013 by Cait

All of a sudden muddy grey autumn turned into sunny cold winter. The snow has arrived and there is plenty of fun to be had. Skiing on a bike in fresh powder is one of the most fun things ever, … Continue reading →

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Autumn adventures

Posted on Sunday 24th November 2013 by Cait

Friends, Autumn colours, dustings of snow, lots of leaves and occasional blasts of hypothermic temperatures. Pre-winter off season adventures on and off road have been fun:

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Photos – not winter in the Alps yet!

Posted on Monday 30th September 2013 by Cait

The weather has changed and melting hot summer’s days are a thing of the past, but there is still time for some Alpine adventures before the dreaded snow arrives. Photos from some fun enduro rides near Zurich recently: Next up … Continue reading →

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Alps! on & offroad

Posted on Friday 12th July 2013 by Cait

Summer has arrived, the snow has almost disappeared, I’m living for the weekends. Enduro mountain biking in Davos   Mountain bike adventure at the Walensee - 2500m climb and straight back down Klausenpass – 29km road climb up to 1900m  

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